am trying to get in the habit of buttoning my back wallet pocket. tired of wearing a chain, would like to keep my never-been-pick-pocketed streak alive.

wondered about the evolutionary advantage of a zebra's stripes. zebras have stripes because lions are colorblind?

figured out how to calculate my ten-, fifteen-, and twenty-thousandth day on earth in r. i crossed the 10,000th day marker earlier this year while in palestine, but now i've cemented my calculations in simple r code -